harryween

Drew said it was more like a Harryween party the other day and I loved it! It was so true. I got pretty excited about my little Harry Potter accents all around the house (I even downloaded a Harry Potter font) and so I thought I'd share:

First the outfits:
I made our ties out of pillow cases from goodwill. For the badges I found the Gryffindor image online and printed it onto iron on fabric paper and then sewed it onto our vests. Drew used dowel rods to make our wands and I stained them to make them more authentic looking. :) I also made Sayla's costume out of a cute furry vest I found at Once Upon a Child. It was super easy, all I did was add the owl face ears and wings.

The Potions Lab:
I had SO much fun doing the potions lab. I found the Harry Potter Lexicon and the Harry Potter Wiki and used them to make all my labels. (I know, Kirst, you are rolling your eyes at how dorky I am. I still don't care.)

The sign said " Hogwarts Potion Lab: Treat yourself to some of the Half-blooded Prince's private supplies."

mandrake root- sundried tomatoes, doxy eggs- chocolate covered raisins

bobotubers: gummy worms boomslang skin: beef jerky

The small potions were Torani syrups, the medium ones were lemonade dyed all different colors, and the large ones were ice tea. All were mixable to make your own drink. I think if I did it again I would make a sign somewhere that said the true identity of the potions, as people seemed a little hesitant to drink them.

Here's a list of potions I had: Veritaserum, Woflsbane Potions, Garroting Gas, Draught of Living Death, Babbling Beverage, The Elixir of Life, Pepperup Potion, Felix Felicis, Polyjuice Potion and Amortentia. (If you can name where in the books at least 5 of them are used, you get bonus cool points!)

Ok moving on to Honeydukes:
I really wanted to do a Weasley Wizard Wheezes store, but that doesn't start with "H". I still had a Skiving Snackbox with a mixture of candies "to make the eater ill", but the store was Honeydukes (Quit rolling your eyes, Kirst!)

Honeydukes sign. Fizzing Whizzbees, Acid Pops, Sherbert Lemons, Pepper Imps (all candy from a mixed assortment bag we got mainly because it was cheap. I know there are more realistic canides for each of these, but I think it worked great!)

Take home bags- Bolts Every Flavored Beans- Cauldron Cakes (chocolate covered oreos)

Licorice Wands, Treacle Balls, Pumpkin Pasties, Bolts Every Flavor Beans, Droobles Best Blowing Gum, Exploding Bon-Bons. I didn't get a good picture of the Skiving Snackbox but that's ok, It was there, and it was awesome. :)

Oh- and I note on the Hogsmead Butter Beer. I tried this recipe and it was a pretty big let down, I think because I made a big batch and it wasn't possible to drink it right away. I thought there was WAY too much butter, It didn't taste as amazing as the books describe, so I will keep looking. :)

Ok so thats's it. I had SO much fun doing it and now an added bonus- I have an outfit to wear to the opening of the next movie! (Ok you can roll your eyes at that one!)